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[left-of-center2012]

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[George II]

1. That's not "snubbing". She worked with him in the Senate for years and has endorsed Biden.

[still_one]

2. What a bullshit headline. Using the word "snub" because someone supports someone else is

intentionally misleading, and falsely implies some kind of feud between Harris and Feinstein, which there isn’t

I am so tired of these misleading headlines

[Polly Hennessey]

3. She did not snub

Ms. Harris. Senator Feinstein always supported Biden. Stupid and misleading headline.

[tirebiter]

4. Remember we did have an Assault Weapons Ban

That was written by Feinstein and shuffled through Congress by Biden. Guess that makes them colleagues, too. Kamala knows this.

[Hortensis]

5. What's this "snub" smear, LeftOF?

None of these people would thank those who spread this hostile spin, and I don't either.

Public figures can wish many candidates well but traditionally only officially endorse one, and Sen. Feinstein made it clear from the beginning who that'd be.

[left-of-center2012]

6. What's this "snub" smear, LeftOF?

It's the headline of the article,
Hortensis.

[Hortensis]

7. Oh, and did it hold a gun to your head?

I didn't ask you for an explanation, but I'm not swallowing the one you offered anyway, any more than I would the potato salad.

[Celerity]

10. here

here is another link to it as well

same headline

https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/03/feinstein-snubs-harris-hosts-biden-fundraiser-campaign-update/40237977/

[Hortensis]

12. Jan 3, 2019: "Dianne Feinstein says she'd back Joe Biden in 2020"

That's CNN before Joe announced. This is an example of HONEST JOURNALISM, Celerity. .

Please note the difference. Sophisticated readers recognize articles that are vehicles for delivering smears for what they are.

I always ask myself, what is intended here?

[Celerity]

13. I did not post the OP, I was simply showing where the OP got the headline from

It is a slanted take from Bloomberg, no issues with calling it that.

[Hortensis]

15. Ah, gotcha. :) Headlines are THE #1 toxic delivery vehicle,

of course. Sometimes the poison is hidden inside for victims who need to be drawn in more subtly; but since most people don't open the articles, the biggest toxic spread is via the headlines.

[Celerity]

16. +1

[enid602]

39. Harris

I don't know. I think Biden and Harris are doing a little dance. I see a Biden/Harris ticket. Good cop/bad cop. With Harris as a left wing version of Cheney.

[BeyondGeography]

14. And why did you put "snubbing" in as the first word of the article?

[left-of-center2012]

19. I quoted the article n/t

[BeyondGeography]

21. There's a sarcasm thingy in my post

It's smaller than usual though. It says, SARCASM.

IOW, I think you're taking unfair heat here.

[qazplm135]

31. pretty fair heat actually

there's no rule that says you can't say...this is the headline, I don't condone the message...

Or simply don't quote the highly misleading headline in the header at all.

No rule says you have to do that.

That was a choice.

[qazplm135]

27. and you were forced to do it?

without comment no less?

Interesting.

[left-of-center2012]

28. thanks

[PhoenixDem]

8. The link goes to an entirely different article.

[Celerity]

11. you have to scroll down, it is a running feed

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287298415#post10

[PhoenixDem]

23. Thanks! nt

[Celerity]

40. yw

[left-of-center2012]

20. Click on the news feed, and scroll down.

[StarfishSaver]

9. How is this a "snub"?

Media always trying to start some mess where no mess exists.

[TidalWave46]

17. I don't see the snub. NT

[MineralMan]

18. Her choice, and hers alone.

[peggysue2]

22. Think the subhead in the article is deliberately off-putting

Not you, left-of-center, but the article itself (the subhead is there with the word 'snub').

Choosing is not synonymous to snubbing. A snub indicates a purposeful disdain. Making a choice is simply selecting to support one candidate over another, a preference.

I think the subhead is there to be provocative. It fails.

Feinstein had announced her preference before Biden had even declared. She didn't snub Kamala Harris; she merely preferred Joe Biden for the reasons stated.

[GeorgeGist]

24. FFS

Way to misread the Headline ... On purpose.

[GeorgeGist]

25. Actual headline..

Feinstein holds California fundraiser for Biden, not Harris

[left-of-center2012]

26. No. Not 'actual' n/t

[msongs]

29. hiding the source behind a tiny url. not a good sign nt

[emmaverybo]

30. I think if you are going to use the head-line, you need a caveat somewhere. You did not need

to use the headline as your subject line. Why not “so and so calls Feinstein’s Biden Fundraiser a Kamala snub?” You can decide you want to alert us to the fundraiser or to the snub or to the fact that the news source is stirring S.

In this case, it is clear the news source is stirring. Feinstein has made it clear from the get go that she is endorsing Biden. No snub. Feinstein and Biden have worked together more closely in the past than she has with Harris, Simple.

[left-of-center2012]

32. Why not alter the whole article?

How dare I post an article as written!

[emmaverybo]

36. Oh, cmon. It was a headline meant to stir things up. Why you chose to run it as your subject line

I have no idea. I am not the only person to object. This headline makes Feinstein out to be disloyal. At least take responsibility for running a biased article meant to stir things up, change your subject line, or add a caveat to the article.

What were you trying to say by putting the misleading title in your subject line was what I asked you to consider.

[left-of-center2012]

38. 99% of my threads use the article title as my subject line

[emmaverybo]

41. Fair enough.

[ehrnst]

33. You created that headline. It's not the lead. (nt)

[left-of-center2012]

34. Ho hum

It's the 'headline' for that section of the newsfeed --
as someone above already explained.

[peggysue2]

37. It was a legitimate subhead in the feed

Meant to be deliberately provocative. A snub and a choice are not the same thing.

[left-of-center2012]

35. For y'all who think the 'headline' is made up

It's the 'headline' for that section of the newsfeed --
as someone above already explained.